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. 2021 Jul 9;9(7):e26290. doi: 10.2196/26290

Table 4.

Correlation analysis for each behavior and the most relevant environmental characteristic within a 1-km radius from a school for students in Thessaloniki (24 schools). “Food” and “Sports” are computed as the summation of all relevant environmental characteristics reflecting the availability of food places or sports-related facilities. “Visitors” indicate the aggregation of behaviors from unique children visiting a geohash, while “visits” indicate aggregation from all the visits to a geohash even when performed by the same children. For the areas close to schools, 281 geohashes with more than 5 unique visitors and 523 geohashes with more than 5 visits were analyzed.

Behavior and environment Thessaloniki


Correlation (CI) P value
Steps/hour (visitors)


Food 0.123 (0.006-0.237) .04

Sports 0.128 (0.011-0.241) .03
Steps/hour (visits)


Food 0.129 (0.043-0.212) .003

Sports 0.141 (0.056-0.224) .001
% visits to


Food places 0.221 (0.138-0.301) <.001

Fast food or takeaway places 0.302 (0.222-0.378) <.001

Supermarkets or grocery stores 0.209 (0.211-0.368) <.001

Athletics or sports facilities 0.325 (0.246-0.400) <.001

Indoor recreation facilities 0.305 (0.225-0.381) <.001

Public parks 0.248 (0.166-0.327) <.001